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broyer.

to crush, grind

6 characters1 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

verb/bʁwa.je/

  1. to crush, grind

  2. to crush in a fight

    figuratively · slang

  3. to outpower

    slang
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Middle French broier, from Old French breier, breer, brier (“to break”), from Frankish *brekan (“to break”), from Proto-Germanic *brekaną (“to break”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreg- (“to break”). Cognate with Old Dutch brecan (“to break”), Old High German brehhan (“to break”), Old English brecan (“to break”), Spanish bregar (“to toil, to deal with”), Italian sbrigare (“to handle, to deal with”), Sicilian sbrija and sbrijuni (“lever to knead dough”). More at break.

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